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>>It's not about strong government control or not - it's about responsibility.
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>>"Republican" ideology is a view that people must have freedom and must be responsible for the consequences of their own actions/inactions. "Democratic" ideology is to deflect, re-assign, or otherwise avoid personal responsibility where unfavorable - usually in favor of "group responsibility".
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>>If you stop and think about it - this is perfectly in line with both parties leanings on both social and economic issues.
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>Now that is a little extreme. I don't think Webster's will take your definition of "democratic" by a long shot.
If I may...
I suspect that ken is using 'democratic' as a reference to the Democratic party, as opposed to the more general meaning of the word. I am a member of the 'catholic' church but not the 'Catholic' church, would be another example.
Democracy perhaps as in the common understanding of 'one man, one vote'?
Best,
DD
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